Iran’s strategic patience tactic backfires: potential escalation with US-Israel war

Iran’s leaders’ strategy of “strategic patience” following the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement has been shattered by the outbreak of war. Despite failed diplomatic efforts, Iran’s pursuit of nuclear deterrence may be the next step, as the belief in US rationality has proven to be a miscalculation. Tehran’s focus on building up deterrence capabilities has allowed them to inflict significant damage on adversaries, challenging the US and Israeli missile defense systems.

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